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Speechify is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications. With over 50 million users relying on Speechify's text-to-speech products, this role offers high impact and technical ownership.
You will be responsible for:
- Leading design and architecture of Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, XAML, and C++ as needed
- Defining and enforcing best practices for Windows development: code architecture, performance, memory usage, responsive UI, cross-version compatibility (Windows 10/11+), and maintainability
- Driving accessibility efforts by integrating and validating support for Windows accessibility APIs, ensuring UI controls, focus management, keyboard navigation, and screen-reader support
- Collaborating with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and stakeholders to shape feature planning and long-term roadmap for the Windows platform
- Owning the full lifecycle of features from conception through design, implementation, testing, release, and maintenance
- Identifying and resolving complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, and compatibility problems
Required qualifications include 3+ years of Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI, C#, and XAML; deep understanding of Windows application architecture and interop between managed and native code; proven track record shipping production-quality desktop applications; strong experience with Windows accessibility APIs; excellent software engineering fundamentals; experience leading technical design and mentoring engineers; and strong communication skills.
Preferred experience includes automated UI testing, performance optimization for desktop apps, localization/globalization, telemetry and analytics, CI/CD workflows for desktop applications, and demonstrated ability to own feature areas long-term.
Speechy is 100% distributed with ~200 employees globally, including engineers from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Stanford. The company was named Chrome Extension of the Year by Google and received Apple's 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity.
